New Releases For List Members
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Kelley Fox Wines Carter Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
It’s such an honour to be able to make wine from these old, organically farmed vines at this historic vineyard owned by Ken and Karen Wright of Ken Wright Cellars. The vines were planted on their own roots back in 1983. 2019 was my first year working with Carter.
The 2021 is a transparent, deep red that is youthful with blue notes. The lush, fresh nose has rich red fruits, subtle spices, and minerals. In the mouth there is a powerful presence- a stillness- a restraint and a waiting- that is weightless. It’s full of strawberries and other berries (like Marionberries). This wine feels alive and ineffably beautiful.
Appellation: Eola-Amity Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 19 September 2021
Élevage: 10 months in tight-grained, neutral French oak Burgundy barrels
Bottling Date: 27 May 2022
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Whole Cluster: 30%
Cases Produced: (322) cases
Kelley Fox Wines Freedom Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
I’m thrilled to offer you my first Pinot noir from Freedom Hill Vineyard, owned and farmed by the Dusschee family. Only seven barrels of this wine comprise this bottling. It’s deeper red than my other Pinots, and both youthful and transparent. I love the hint of violets on the nose carried by red fruits, subtle spices on ocean air. Overall, this wine is deeper than my other bottlings, and the mouth is full of just-ripe blackberries with a hint of salinity and cola. This Freedom Hill is delicious and has a fine focus that continues through the long finish. I can’t wait to make more of this wine.
Appellation: Willamette Valley A.V.A. (the 2022 bottling will bear its new sub-AVA designation)
Picking Date: 9 September 2021
Élevage: 10 months in tight-grained, neutral French oak Burgundy barrels
Bottling Date: 23 June 2022
Alcohol: 12.5 %
Whole Cluster: 50%
Cases Produced: (154) cases
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Kelley Fox Wines Weber Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
This is my third Pinot produced from Weber Vineyard, a beautiful vineyard just down Worden Hill Road from Maresh Vineyard that I have prized for a very long time. The vines in this block were planted in 1983 on their own roots. Strong, old Oregon oak trees and towering old maples guard the southern part of my block for this wine, while the eastern border of my block is a wild, mixed forest filled with unseen songbirds singing during the light hours. The Weber 2021 is a medium, youthful, and rich tone of red with brilliant transparency. The classic Dundee Hills nose is pure-fruited, inviting, and full red and blue berries and subtle spices. The mouth has beautiful, silken texture full of strawberries and raspberries. It has nice acidity and fine structure that has a long, silky, and weightless finish. When I wrote these notes, this wine felt like it should be in a fairy tale.
Appellation: Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 24 and 26 September 2021 (from Block 5 self-rooted Pommard vines planted in 1983)
Barrels: neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from tight-grain French forests
Bottling Date: 23 June 2022
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Whole Cluster: 30%
Cases Produced: 466 cases
2024 Willamette Valley Chardonnay
2024 is the fourth vintage of this Chardonnay bottling, and this one is produced from two vineyards I love and respect tremendously: Durant Vineyard and Freedom Hill Vineyard (about 50% percent each). I’ve put them in a label drawn by my younger daughter, Violet, depicting a snowy owl about to light onto a Western hemlock branch.
The 2024 is a pale, shining gold and brilliantly transparent. The rich, creamy tropical fruit nose with powdery minerals continues in the mouth with a pleasing heft without the weight. Like a beautiful raindrop shaped by our Earth’s gravity but in a texture. Long finish. This Chardonnay is unadorned with new wood but still benefits from oak tree energy and the cool minerality of concrete amphora tanks.
Appellation: Willamette Valley A.V.A.
Picking Dates: Durant Vineyard: 9 October 2024. Freedom Hill Vineyard: 21 September 2024
65% Barrels: elévage in neutral, tight-grained French oak Burgundy barrels (228L)
35% Tanks: elévage in concrete amphora tanks
Bottling Date: 31 March 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Cases Produced: (704) cases
2024 Grüner Veltliner
The Grüner is always a fun wine to produce, and I’m happy every year that I can offer this bottling to you. To keep its super fresh character, this wine completed both primary and ML in tank, and it remained in tank until bottling. The brilliantly transparent 2024 is a pale, spun-gold with a barely visible undertone of youthful green. It has an oceanic, mineral nose with white peaches, a bit of lime and a hint of ginger. This is a rich, full, and complex Grüner with acidity that deftly supports the flavours and texture. Classic white pepper finish. It has delicious green serpentine spiraling energy.
Appellation: Willamette Valley A.V.A.
Picking Dates: Abbey Road Farm: 22 September 2024. Chehalem Mountain Vineyard and Hotel Vineyard: 18 October 2024
Bottling Date: 31 March 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Cases Produced: (346) cases
2024 Albariño
This small bottling of Albariño is fun to produce, and I love it more each year. The fruit was whole cluster pressed after picking and spent its entire life in a small stainless tank. It has a pale, spun-gold transparency in the glass. It begins with a very pleasing oceanic freshness on the nose with delicious tropical fruits and subtle, creamy exotic floral components. All of this continues in the mouth, perfectly balanced by the acidity. A very refreshing wine. I wish I had a perfume of it.
Appellation: Willamette Valley A.V.A.
Picking Date: Hotel Vineyard (owned and farmed by the Kraemer family- a multigenerational, diverse farm close to the Cascade foothills): 18 October 2024
Barrels: fermentation and élevage in a stainless tank
Bottling Date: 31 March 2025
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Cases Produced: 86